2010 ei: volvo equipment used in house demolitions
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882019 2010 ei Volvo Equipment used in House Demolitions
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Israels wall being built in al-Walaja village December 2010 (Anne
Paq ActiveStills)
Jordan Valley
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) reaffirmed the illegality of the construction of the
wall and Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories including East Jerusalem
in its 2004 ruling According to the ICJ construction activities should stop immediately and
the wall and settlements should be dismantled In recent weeks the Palestinian Bedouincommunity of Abu Alajaj in Jiftlik occupied Jordan Valley was raided by approximately 200
Israeli soldiers There are plans to expand on the illegal Israeli settlement of Massua and
confiscate further land from the Palestinian shepherds of Abu Alajaj In the early hours of 24
November one house and three animal shelters were demolished by Israeli forces using a
Volvo bulldozer Settlers cheered the action by the Israeli army Following the Israeli
demolition villagers found several baby goats lying dead on the ground and many more
injured Three Palestinian men were arrested during the raid
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Israel using Volvo equipment to demolish homes in Jiftlik village
occupied Jordan Valley (Jordan Valley Solidarity)
Residents from the Khirbet Yarza village in the Jordan Valley stand beside
their home after it was demolished by Israeli forces November 2010
(Anne Paq ActiveStills)
Al-Araqib
The Palestinian Bedouins living in al-Araqib in the Naqab (Negev) desert in the south of
Israel also witnessed the destructive force of Volvo equipment when their village was
destroyed for the third time by Israeli forces on 10 August The demolition of 45 houses left
approximately 300 persons homeless including 200 children In an earlier raid the Israeli
police had uprooted 850 of the villages olive trees The land of al-Araqib is being confiscated
for a peace forest funded by the Jewish National Fund an international Zionist organization
that assists the State of Israel with appropriating Palestinian land About half of the 90000
Bedouin holding Israeli citizenship live in unrecognized villages without access to basic
amenities Israeli professor Neve Gordon characterized the razing of Bedouin villages by theIsraeli police as ethnic cleansing (Ethnic cleansing in the Israeli Negev Guardian 28 July
2010)
Video by Max Blumenthal and Joseph Dana showing Israels third demolition of homes in al-
Araqib using Volvo equipment August 2010
httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Rud19ytcPS8ampfeature=player_embedded
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Lod
On 13 December Volvo equipment was used in Lod near Tel Aviv by the Israeli authorities
in the demolition of homes owned by Palestinian citizens of Israel The Israeli Committee
Against House Demolitions expects the Israeli action to continue in what is one of the
biggest demolition operations inside the 1948 borders this year The Israeli action left sevenfamilies homeless and riot police were deployed at the site of the demolition to intimidate
local residents ICAHD reports The houses owned by Palestinian citizens of Israel are
located in an area which is not zoned for building despite the repeated attempts of the
residents to rezone the area in order to permit building At the same time large plans are
already approved for Jewish-Israeli building as soon as the Palestinian houses are gone
(Demolitions in Lod ICAHD 13 December 2010)
A Volvo bulldozer demolishes a Palestinian home in Lod December 2010
(Oren Ziv ActiveStills)
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Lod resident Safia Abi Eid reacts to seeing destroyed homes belonging to
her and her relatives December 2010 (Oren Ziv ActiveStills)
Volvo equipment seen on the site where it was used to demolish a number
of Palestinian homes in Lod December 2010 (Oren Ziv ActiveStills)
In 2007 Volvo informed the Business and Human Rights Resource Center in London that
Volvo Group does not condone the destructive use of Volvo equipment and would regret the
use of its products for destructive purposes (Volvo response to article about concerns on the
use of Volvo vehicles in Israel and the Occupied Territories [doc] Volvo 6 July 2007) The
company claimed to have no control over the use of their products However as a partner in
the UN Global Compact Volvo should support and respect the protection of internationalhuman rights within their spheres of influence and make sure they are not complicit in human
rights abuses The Global Compact launched in 2000 is a strategic policy initiative for
882019 2010 ei Volvo Equipment used in House Demolitions
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2010-ei-volvo-equipment-used-in-house-demolitions 66
882019 2010 ei Volvo Equipment used in House Demolitions
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2010-ei-volvo-equipment-used-in-house-demolitions 26
Israels wall being built in al-Walaja village December 2010 (Anne
Paq ActiveStills)
Jordan Valley
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) reaffirmed the illegality of the construction of the
wall and Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories including East Jerusalem
in its 2004 ruling According to the ICJ construction activities should stop immediately and
the wall and settlements should be dismantled In recent weeks the Palestinian Bedouincommunity of Abu Alajaj in Jiftlik occupied Jordan Valley was raided by approximately 200
Israeli soldiers There are plans to expand on the illegal Israeli settlement of Massua and
confiscate further land from the Palestinian shepherds of Abu Alajaj In the early hours of 24
November one house and three animal shelters were demolished by Israeli forces using a
Volvo bulldozer Settlers cheered the action by the Israeli army Following the Israeli
demolition villagers found several baby goats lying dead on the ground and many more
injured Three Palestinian men were arrested during the raid
882019 2010 ei Volvo Equipment used in House Demolitions
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2010-ei-volvo-equipment-used-in-house-demolitions 36
Israel using Volvo equipment to demolish homes in Jiftlik village
occupied Jordan Valley (Jordan Valley Solidarity)
Residents from the Khirbet Yarza village in the Jordan Valley stand beside
their home after it was demolished by Israeli forces November 2010
(Anne Paq ActiveStills)
Al-Araqib
The Palestinian Bedouins living in al-Araqib in the Naqab (Negev) desert in the south of
Israel also witnessed the destructive force of Volvo equipment when their village was
destroyed for the third time by Israeli forces on 10 August The demolition of 45 houses left
approximately 300 persons homeless including 200 children In an earlier raid the Israeli
police had uprooted 850 of the villages olive trees The land of al-Araqib is being confiscated
for a peace forest funded by the Jewish National Fund an international Zionist organization
that assists the State of Israel with appropriating Palestinian land About half of the 90000
Bedouin holding Israeli citizenship live in unrecognized villages without access to basic
amenities Israeli professor Neve Gordon characterized the razing of Bedouin villages by theIsraeli police as ethnic cleansing (Ethnic cleansing in the Israeli Negev Guardian 28 July
2010)
Video by Max Blumenthal and Joseph Dana showing Israels third demolition of homes in al-
Araqib using Volvo equipment August 2010
httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Rud19ytcPS8ampfeature=player_embedded
882019 2010 ei Volvo Equipment used in House Demolitions
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2010-ei-volvo-equipment-used-in-house-demolitions 46
Lod
On 13 December Volvo equipment was used in Lod near Tel Aviv by the Israeli authorities
in the demolition of homes owned by Palestinian citizens of Israel The Israeli Committee
Against House Demolitions expects the Israeli action to continue in what is one of the
biggest demolition operations inside the 1948 borders this year The Israeli action left sevenfamilies homeless and riot police were deployed at the site of the demolition to intimidate
local residents ICAHD reports The houses owned by Palestinian citizens of Israel are
located in an area which is not zoned for building despite the repeated attempts of the
residents to rezone the area in order to permit building At the same time large plans are
already approved for Jewish-Israeli building as soon as the Palestinian houses are gone
(Demolitions in Lod ICAHD 13 December 2010)
A Volvo bulldozer demolishes a Palestinian home in Lod December 2010
(Oren Ziv ActiveStills)
882019 2010 ei Volvo Equipment used in House Demolitions
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2010-ei-volvo-equipment-used-in-house-demolitions 56
Lod resident Safia Abi Eid reacts to seeing destroyed homes belonging to
her and her relatives December 2010 (Oren Ziv ActiveStills)
Volvo equipment seen on the site where it was used to demolish a number
of Palestinian homes in Lod December 2010 (Oren Ziv ActiveStills)
In 2007 Volvo informed the Business and Human Rights Resource Center in London that
Volvo Group does not condone the destructive use of Volvo equipment and would regret the
use of its products for destructive purposes (Volvo response to article about concerns on the
use of Volvo vehicles in Israel and the Occupied Territories [doc] Volvo 6 July 2007) The
company claimed to have no control over the use of their products However as a partner in
the UN Global Compact Volvo should support and respect the protection of internationalhuman rights within their spheres of influence and make sure they are not complicit in human
rights abuses The Global Compact launched in 2000 is a strategic policy initiative for
882019 2010 ei Volvo Equipment used in House Demolitions
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2010-ei-volvo-equipment-used-in-house-demolitions 66
882019 2010 ei Volvo Equipment used in House Demolitions
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2010-ei-volvo-equipment-used-in-house-demolitions 36
Israel using Volvo equipment to demolish homes in Jiftlik village
occupied Jordan Valley (Jordan Valley Solidarity)
Residents from the Khirbet Yarza village in the Jordan Valley stand beside
their home after it was demolished by Israeli forces November 2010
(Anne Paq ActiveStills)
Al-Araqib
The Palestinian Bedouins living in al-Araqib in the Naqab (Negev) desert in the south of
Israel also witnessed the destructive force of Volvo equipment when their village was
destroyed for the third time by Israeli forces on 10 August The demolition of 45 houses left
approximately 300 persons homeless including 200 children In an earlier raid the Israeli
police had uprooted 850 of the villages olive trees The land of al-Araqib is being confiscated
for a peace forest funded by the Jewish National Fund an international Zionist organization
that assists the State of Israel with appropriating Palestinian land About half of the 90000
Bedouin holding Israeli citizenship live in unrecognized villages without access to basic
amenities Israeli professor Neve Gordon characterized the razing of Bedouin villages by theIsraeli police as ethnic cleansing (Ethnic cleansing in the Israeli Negev Guardian 28 July
2010)
Video by Max Blumenthal and Joseph Dana showing Israels third demolition of homes in al-
Araqib using Volvo equipment August 2010
httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Rud19ytcPS8ampfeature=player_embedded
882019 2010 ei Volvo Equipment used in House Demolitions
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2010-ei-volvo-equipment-used-in-house-demolitions 46
Lod
On 13 December Volvo equipment was used in Lod near Tel Aviv by the Israeli authorities
in the demolition of homes owned by Palestinian citizens of Israel The Israeli Committee
Against House Demolitions expects the Israeli action to continue in what is one of the
biggest demolition operations inside the 1948 borders this year The Israeli action left sevenfamilies homeless and riot police were deployed at the site of the demolition to intimidate
local residents ICAHD reports The houses owned by Palestinian citizens of Israel are
located in an area which is not zoned for building despite the repeated attempts of the
residents to rezone the area in order to permit building At the same time large plans are
already approved for Jewish-Israeli building as soon as the Palestinian houses are gone
(Demolitions in Lod ICAHD 13 December 2010)
A Volvo bulldozer demolishes a Palestinian home in Lod December 2010
(Oren Ziv ActiveStills)
882019 2010 ei Volvo Equipment used in House Demolitions
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2010-ei-volvo-equipment-used-in-house-demolitions 56
Lod resident Safia Abi Eid reacts to seeing destroyed homes belonging to
her and her relatives December 2010 (Oren Ziv ActiveStills)
Volvo equipment seen on the site where it was used to demolish a number
of Palestinian homes in Lod December 2010 (Oren Ziv ActiveStills)
In 2007 Volvo informed the Business and Human Rights Resource Center in London that
Volvo Group does not condone the destructive use of Volvo equipment and would regret the
use of its products for destructive purposes (Volvo response to article about concerns on the
use of Volvo vehicles in Israel and the Occupied Territories [doc] Volvo 6 July 2007) The
company claimed to have no control over the use of their products However as a partner in
the UN Global Compact Volvo should support and respect the protection of internationalhuman rights within their spheres of influence and make sure they are not complicit in human
rights abuses The Global Compact launched in 2000 is a strategic policy initiative for
882019 2010 ei Volvo Equipment used in House Demolitions
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2010-ei-volvo-equipment-used-in-house-demolitions 66
882019 2010 ei Volvo Equipment used in House Demolitions
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2010-ei-volvo-equipment-used-in-house-demolitions 46
Lod
On 13 December Volvo equipment was used in Lod near Tel Aviv by the Israeli authorities
in the demolition of homes owned by Palestinian citizens of Israel The Israeli Committee
Against House Demolitions expects the Israeli action to continue in what is one of the
biggest demolition operations inside the 1948 borders this year The Israeli action left sevenfamilies homeless and riot police were deployed at the site of the demolition to intimidate
local residents ICAHD reports The houses owned by Palestinian citizens of Israel are
located in an area which is not zoned for building despite the repeated attempts of the
residents to rezone the area in order to permit building At the same time large plans are
already approved for Jewish-Israeli building as soon as the Palestinian houses are gone
(Demolitions in Lod ICAHD 13 December 2010)
A Volvo bulldozer demolishes a Palestinian home in Lod December 2010
(Oren Ziv ActiveStills)
882019 2010 ei Volvo Equipment used in House Demolitions
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2010-ei-volvo-equipment-used-in-house-demolitions 56
Lod resident Safia Abi Eid reacts to seeing destroyed homes belonging to
her and her relatives December 2010 (Oren Ziv ActiveStills)
Volvo equipment seen on the site where it was used to demolish a number
of Palestinian homes in Lod December 2010 (Oren Ziv ActiveStills)
In 2007 Volvo informed the Business and Human Rights Resource Center in London that
Volvo Group does not condone the destructive use of Volvo equipment and would regret the
use of its products for destructive purposes (Volvo response to article about concerns on the
use of Volvo vehicles in Israel and the Occupied Territories [doc] Volvo 6 July 2007) The
company claimed to have no control over the use of their products However as a partner in
the UN Global Compact Volvo should support and respect the protection of internationalhuman rights within their spheres of influence and make sure they are not complicit in human
rights abuses The Global Compact launched in 2000 is a strategic policy initiative for
882019 2010 ei Volvo Equipment used in House Demolitions
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2010-ei-volvo-equipment-used-in-house-demolitions 66
882019 2010 ei Volvo Equipment used in House Demolitions
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2010-ei-volvo-equipment-used-in-house-demolitions 56
Lod resident Safia Abi Eid reacts to seeing destroyed homes belonging to
her and her relatives December 2010 (Oren Ziv ActiveStills)
Volvo equipment seen on the site where it was used to demolish a number
of Palestinian homes in Lod December 2010 (Oren Ziv ActiveStills)
In 2007 Volvo informed the Business and Human Rights Resource Center in London that
Volvo Group does not condone the destructive use of Volvo equipment and would regret the
use of its products for destructive purposes (Volvo response to article about concerns on the
use of Volvo vehicles in Israel and the Occupied Territories [doc] Volvo 6 July 2007) The
company claimed to have no control over the use of their products However as a partner in
the UN Global Compact Volvo should support and respect the protection of internationalhuman rights within their spheres of influence and make sure they are not complicit in human
rights abuses The Global Compact launched in 2000 is a strategic policy initiative for
882019 2010 ei Volvo Equipment used in House Demolitions
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2010-ei-volvo-equipment-used-in-house-demolitions 66
882019 2010 ei Volvo Equipment used in House Demolitions
httpslidepdfcomreaderfull2010-ei-volvo-equipment-used-in-house-demolitions 66